CAPT Cho Young-Joo, the commander of the ROKN's
Cheonghae Unit and commanding officer of ROKS Choi Young.
The British-educated CAPT Cho is widely reputed as one of
the ROKN's elite officers.
The Republic of Korea Navy's (ROKN) recent success in the Gulf of Aden is to be made into a movie by one of the Republic of Korea's major film companies, Christmas Entertainment, whose major productions have included the internationally distributed 'The Host.'
The non-fiction film is expected to deal with Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden which saw the ROKN's 4,500-ton ROKS Choi Young (DDH-981) and UDT/SEAL's engage in one of the most successful counter-piracy operations in recent memory, as the ROKN succeeded in rescuing all 21 hostages from a vessel hijacked by Somali pirates, eight of whom were killed and five of whom were arrested and currently face trial in a ROK court.
US$20 million has been budgeted for the film which is expected to begin filming in September 2011 and released worldwide in February 2012.
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